Alfredo Arias
Director
Alfredo Arias, born in Buenos Aires, began his career as a visual artist at the Instituto di Tella, where he directed his first play, Dracula. He moved to Paris in the early 1970s, where he directed Copi's Eva Peron and created a poetic universe that he developed with his own shows, including Peines de cœur d'une chatte anglaise, Mortadela, and Tatouage. He also tackled the great repertoire with Henry James's The Beast in the Jungle, adapted by Marguerite Duras, Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Avignon Festival, and Jean Genet's Les Bonnes at the Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet. He turned to musical theater with Famille d'Artistes, set to music by Astor Piazzolla, and Concha Bonita, set to music by Nicola Piovani, and directed numerous operas from Mozart to Stravinsky on the world's greatest stages.

Diana Theocharidis
Choreographer
An Argentine choreographer born in Buenos Aires, Diana Theocharidis develops work at the intersection of dance, musical theater, and stage forms related to experimental music. She has created numerous pieces, including Quatuor pour la fin des temps (Messiaen), Dedalus (Martin Matalon), Transcripción (Kaija Saariaho and Pablo Ortiz), and Un cielo y el otro (Pascal Dusapin), which have been performed in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, and Europe. She has directed Variété by Mauricio Kagel, La Rosa, Formas in pulvere by Martin Matalon, Kassandra byPablo Ortiz, and Bureau 470 by Tomas Bordalejo. She works in Argentina (Teatro Colón, Teatro San Martín, Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Teatro Argentino de La Plata) and for major international institutions, as well as in France. She has directed several organizations and has been made a Knight of Arts and Letters.

Martin Matalon
Composer
Born in Buenos Aires in 1958, Martin Matalon studied composition at the Juilliard School in New York, where he obtained a Master's degree. In 1989, he founded the Music Mobile ensemble, dedicated to contemporary repertoire, which he directed until 1996. Winner of numerous international awards, he moved to Paris in 1993, where Ircam commissioned him to compose the music for the restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. He then immersed himself in the world of Luis Buñuel, composing new scores for Un Chien Andalou, L'Âge d'Or, and Las Hurdes, Land Without Bread. His catalog covers a wide range of genres, from musical theater to opera, chamber music, film concerts, and choreographic works. His opera L'Ombre de Venceslao, based on Copi, premiered at the Opéra de Rennes and was widely performed in France, while a new orchestral version of Metropolis premiered in 2023 at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Anthony Millet
Accordionist
Anthony Millet was one of the first accordionists to join Max Bonnay's class at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), where he obtained a higher education diploma with honors before completing an advanced training program. A founding member of the Trio K/D/M with Gilles Durot and Bachar Khalifé, as well as the Æolina Quartet, he is regularly invited to perform as a soloist by numerous institutions and festivals, including the Paris Opera, the Comédie-Française, the Villa Medici, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Ircam, GMEM, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Orchestre de Paris, and various European ensembles. A committed performer of contemporary repertoire, he collaborates closely with composers and premieres many new works. He teaches accordion at the conservatories of Montreuil, Pantin, and the CNSMDP, and directs Cadéëm, a company in residence in several regions, focused on creation, repertoire renewal, and artistic and cultural education.

Clara Barbier Serrano
Soprano
A "Young Talent" of the Jaroussky Academy 202223 and Oxford Lieder, a graduate of the Royal College of Music Opera Studio in London and a Bachelor's degree from the Hochschule für Musik in Leipzig, Clara Barbier Serrano is currently completing a Diploma in Music and Contemporary Creation at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. Winner of several international competitions, she has sung Erste Knabe and Taumännchen at the Leipzig Opera, Papagena at the Verbier Festival, Rodelinda at the Royal College of Music, Queen of the Night withthe Oxford Opera Company, Anne Page with the British Youth Opera, Olympia in Neuchâtel, and the title roles in La Petite Sirène and La Marchande d’Oiseaux at the Nice, Avignon, and Marseille opera houses and the Arcal. In concert, she has performed Pierrot Lunaire, Chaplin Factory by Martin Matalon, and Mysteries of the Macabre byLigeti, given recitals with pianist Joanna Kacperek, and sung regularly alongside Andrea Bocelli.